Cigar or cigarette holder



1930. G. A. WILLIAMS CIGAR OR CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed Dec. 6. 1927 ATTO Patented Aug. 26, 1930 1,77ae73j enonen A. WILLIAMS, or os nivenrnscnrrronum CIGAR 0B CIGARETTE HOLDER Application filed December 6, 1927. Serial No. 238,000.

inexpensive cigar or cigarette holder having I a housing that functions as an ash receptacle,

thereby preventlng the ashes from dropping onto and burning or soiling the clothing, carpets and the like. I

Further objects of my invention are to provide a cigarette or cigar holder of the character referred towherein the housing that functions as the ash receptacle may be easily and quickly attached to or detached from the bit or body of the holder,further to provide a combined cigar and cigarette holder and ash receptacle that is relatively simple in con struction, inexpensive of manufacture, and

which will be very effective inperforming the I Y in diameter relative .to the diameter functions for which it is intended.

, A further object of my invention is to provide the ash receptacle portion of the device with a readily removable lining'of thin fire proof material, such as asbestos paper and which lining after use may be readily re moved and discarded. p Y

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts that will hereinafter be moreffully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, ,in which 1 Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a cigar or cigarette holder of my, improved construction.

" holder;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the bit or body of the holder. 1 a

Fig. 4 is an elevational view-of the housing that functions as an ash receptacle, the same being illustrated in open'position.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical section taken lengthwise through the bit or body of the holder and a portion of the ash receptacle.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing which illustrates a practical embodiment of my invention, 10 designates the bit or body of the holder, which may be formed of hard rubber, metal, hardwood or analogous material, saidbit or body gradu- Fig. 2 is a front .elevational view of the ally tapering toward its rear end and pro vided with an axially disposed smoke passageway 11. 1

Formed in the forward portion of the bit: or body 10 and communicating with the for- '55 ward end ofthe smoke'passageway 11 is a chamber lQ of such size and shape as to receive the end portion of a cigarette or cigar. The forward portion of the body 10 is reduced slightly in diameter to form a short cylindrical body 12*, and the forward portion of this cylindrical body is slightly'reduced in diam? eter to form a slightly smaller cylindrical body 18. Seated onthe short cylindrical body 12 and secured thereto in any suitable man v ner is a tubular sleeve or ferrule 14 that pro: jects forwardly so as toenclose the cylindrical body 13, but as the latter is slightly reduced of the body 12, a narrow annular space 15 is formed between the forwardly projecting portion off said ferrule and the surface of the cylindricall body 13. j

That portion of the sleeve or ferrule 14 that surrounds the cylindrical body 13 is slit Mn;

gitudinally to form narrow tongues 16, the rear ends only of which'are connected to the sleeve or ferrule, and portions of said tongues at or near their inner ends are pressed in wardly to a slight degree as designated by 17, so thereby adding to. the, resiliency of said" tongues and causingthe same to bear with yielding pressure upon that portion of the ash receptacle that is inserted beneath said tongues within the annular space 15. The ash receptacle forming a part of my inventionis preferably stamped or pressed. from suitable thin sheet metal, such as alumi num, German silver or the like, and said rcceptacle has the general shapeof a hollow 9o cylinder that is divided on a longitudinally disposed central plane. The two parts 18 and 19 of the housing or receptacle are practically indentical in size, form and construction, and their rear portions 20 are reduced in diameter in order that when said portions are brought together they will form a tubular member that fits snugly within the annular chamber 15 and by virtue of the resiliency of the metalin the tongues 16, the housing or receptacle will befirmly held on the forward end of the bit or body of the holder. The forward ends of the housing members 18 and 19 are provided with end walls 21, and the inner edges of these end walls are connected by a suitable hinge 22, thereby enabling the parts of the housing to be swung toward or away from each other. I

Formed in the housing members 18 and 19 arerelat vely small or narrow air vents 23,

which may be fin the form of slots or apertures, and which are designed to permit air to enter the housing, and likewise to permit air and smoke to discharge from said housing.

Whilepermitting air and smoke to enter and discharge from the housing the size of these slots or openings is such as to prevent the dischargeof ashes from said housing.

. Formed on the side edges of one of the members 18 or 19 are cars 24, which when the parts of the housing are brought together in closed position overlie the edges of the other part of the housing, thus retaining the free ends of the parts of the llOllSiIlg in proper position while the reduced end of the ash receptacle is being inserted 'inthe space 15.

. To prevent the "ash receptacle from becoming unduly heated from the burning cigar or cigarette, a tubular shell 25 of thin flexible V fire proof material such as asbestos is positioned in the receptacle before the parts 18 and 19 are brought together and positioned upon the bit or holder, and thus while the cigarette or cigar is being smoked the wall ceptacle, whichlatter contains the tubular shell of asbestos. inserted in the annular space15 and retained in such position by the pressure of the tongues 16.

As the cigar or cigarette is smoked and the tobacco thereof consumed, the ashes will be retained within the receptacle comprising parts 18 and 19. and thus be prevented from dropping onto the clothing or floor coverings,

and consequently eliminating the possibility ofburning and discoloring the same.

When the cigarette or cigar has been comwpletely smoked the hollow receptacle may be readily removed from the holder and the parts 18 and 19 swung apart in order to remove the ashes and the asbestos lining, and

. which latter may be discarded and a new lining inserted.

I The holder 10 may be formed of any suitable material such as hard rubber, meerschauin, metal, compressed fiber, amber or the like, and the ash receptacle maybe of any desired shape and color and of such size as to conveniently receive and enclose a cigarette or cigar.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a cigarette or cigar holder and ash receiver that is relatively simple in construction inexpensive of manufacture and very effective in annular chamber formed between the greater portion of said ferrule and the enclosed body of the holder, an ash receptacle formed in two parts that are hinged to each other at their forward ends, the rear ends of the two parts of the receptacle being reduced in diameter so as to be removably positioned within the annular chamber between the ferrule, the forward portions of the side walls of the two parts of the ash receptacle being provided with apertures, and the body of the holder, and'a lining of fire-proof material removably positioned within said ash receptacle.

2. The combination with a holder for cigarettes or cigars, of a ferrule mounted on the forward end of said holder, there being an annular chamber formed between said ferrule and the body of the holder, said ferrule being slotted lengthwise to form resilient tongues, a two-part hollow cylindrical ash receptacle having its inner end reduced in diameter so as to be positioned in the chamber beneath the ferrule and to be engaged by the resilient tongues thereof, and a transversely disposed hinge connecting the outer ends of the two parts of said ash receptacle.

3. The combination with a holder for cigarettes or cigars, of a ferrule mounted on the forward end of said holder, there being an annular chamber formed between said ferrule and the body of the holder, said ferrule being slotted lengthwise to form resilient tongues, a two-part hollow cylindrical ash receptacle having its inner end reduced in diameter so as to be positioned. in the chamber beneath the ferrule and to be engaged by the resilient tongues thereof, a transversely disposed hinge connecting the outer ends of the two parts of said ash receptacle, and a lining of fireproof material removably positioned within said ash receptacle.

4. The combination with a holder for cigarettes or cigars, of a ferrule seated on the forward end of said holder, there being an annular chamber formed between said ferrule and the forward portion of the bodyof the holder, said ferrule being slotted lengthwise to form resilient tongues, portions of which are indented, and a hollow cylindrical ash receptacle divided lengthwise on a medial 7 line to form integral parts that are hinged to each other at their forward ends and the rear end of which hollow cylindrical receptacle is adapted to be inserted in the annular chamber beneath the ferrule and'to be engagedby the resilient tongues thereof. 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GEORGE A. WILLIAMS. 

